Psychology
Psychology Staff
| Mr Weston | Head of Psychology |
Statement of Intent
Our vision in psychology is to promote and develop students’ knowledge, understanding and curiosity of human behaviour. The themes in psychology include cognitive, biological, behavioural, humanistic and psychodynamic elements. These themes are taught at the beginning of the curriculum before being applied to different areas of psychology, such as attachment, forensic psychology and relationships. In addition, research methodology is a key theme throughout the subject. All students in psychology will be challenged to access content that can fulfil potential and promote, inspire and initiate independent thinking and curiosity. Skills will be developed that support aspirations throughout a variety of careers, such as understanding human behaviour and data analysis. Progress will be monitored and supported through mid and end of topic assessments as well as verbal and written feedback through SEELIT tasks. The curriculum is designed to support reading and literacy with every topic having a designated literacy task to accompany the suggested wider reading provided. In addition, gender and culture are debated within psychology and this allows an inclusive minded curriculum, supporting concepts such as ‘social sensitivity’, focussing specifically on key dates such as International Women’s Day and Black History Month. Finally, Psychology is a subject which can be linked and complement, many others such as, but not exclusive to science and maths.
